Information Package / Course Catalogue
Plant Disease Epidemiology
Course Code: ZBK528
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 6
Objectives of the Course

The aim of the course is focused on understanding and quantification of plant diseases on population scale and evaluation of this information to determine the appropriate methods and strategies of disease management.

Course Content

The main topics of the course include seasonal carry-over of pathogens; inoculum release, dispersal and deposition; the spread of pathogens within crop areas; the factors which influence the spread of pathogens within crop areas and disease forcasting.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.To examine the plant diseases on population scale.
2.To evaluate the life cycles of plant pathogens from the point of disease onset and development of epidemics.
3.To know the role of enviromental conditions on the formation of epidemics and to evalute them to determine the probable dimensions of the epidemics.
4.To be able to use epidemiological information in determination of appropriate methods and strategies of disease management
5.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Van Der Plank, J.E., 1963. Plant Diseases: Epidemics and Control. Academic Press, New York and London. 349 s.
2.Tarr, S.A.J., 1972. Principles of Plant Pathology. The Macmillan Pres, 632 s.
3.Campbell, C.L.and L. V. Madden, 1990. Introduction to Plant Disease Epidemiology. Wiley-Interscience. 532 s.
4.Jurgen K. J., 2002. Comparative Epidemiology of Plant Diseases. CPL Scientific Publishing Services Ltd. 206 s.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction, definition and meaning of epidemiology, terminology
Week 2 - Theoretical
Factors affecting disease occurrence (disease triangle concept)
Week 3 - Theoretical
Monitoring disease changes
Week 4 - Theoretical
Monitoring environmental factors
Week 5 - Theoretical
Inoculum sources and measurement techniques
Week 6 - Theoretical
Epidemics in monocyclic diseases
Week 7 - Theoretical
Epidemics in polycyclic diseases
Week 8 - Theoretical
Spatial changes of disease and disease patterns I
Week 9 - Theoretical
Spatial changes of disease and disease patterns II
Week 10 - Theoretical
Monitoring host growth stages, horizontal and vertical plant resistance
Week 11 - Theoretical
Temporal changes in disease rate I
Week 12 - Theoretical
Temporal changes in disease rate II
Week 13 - Theoretical
Plant disease models
Week 14 - Theoretical
Plant disease forecasting and early warning
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140342
Assignment46024
Individual Work106060
Midterm Examination110111
Final Examination112113
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)150
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
OÇ-1
4
2
2
4
OÇ-2
4
2
OÇ-3
5
2
2
5
OÇ-4
5
2
4
OÇ-5
4
2
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026